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Chris
Additions to list:
Greg Decarlos - Derby Volunteer (Jeff's friend)
Joanne Decarlos - Derby Volunteer (Jeff's friend)
Walker - Derby Volunteer (Jeff's friend)
Tony - Pit Assist (Jeff's friend)
Kim - Team Photos & Pit Assist (my daughter)
Cailin - Team Photos & Pit Assist (unofficially - she's 13, my granddaughter)
Diane - Pit Assist (my food manager and wife)
Thanks Doc, it started coming back a little. Mostly it was that car of yours, it was dialed! Thanks again for letting me run it!
It was really nice to make it out to a NASTE Odd Thursday Night Race at Al's Rippin' Ridin' Raceway. I've missed everybody and it was great to see you all and get a chance to talk and catch up a little. It looks like I've fallen way behind in the area of performance and at the same time it is obvious the racers have not only improved the performance of their cars but also their driving skills as well! Thanks to Al for the great track and racing, and thanks to Doc and Greg for loaning me equipment to race with!
August 9th Race Results:
Le Mans
1 Daniel 69.0 Laps
2 Monte 68.5
3 Gary 67.3
4 Mitch 66.9
5 Al 66.6
6 Bill 66.3
7 Jeff 64.3
8 Greg 62.8
Classic Sportscar 2
1 Daniel 73.0 Laps
2 Al 72.1
3 Mitch 70.5
4 Gary 65.8
5 Monte 63.8
6 Greg 59.8
I do not believe there is a race on the 23rd. The calendar does not show a race that night and I believe Al mentioned he will be out of town.
Wednesday August 8th at 9:00 AM was push practice with the Marines!
Scuderia Kouba is pleased and honored to announce the U.S. Marines have joined the team for the 2018 PDX Adult Soapbox Derby!
Race day is quickly approaching and we have ramped up our work to get fully prepared!
Scuderia Kouba has scheduled a day for car pushing practice with the United States Marine Corps. Sounds pretty cool huh? On Wednesday morning August 8th we will be setting up for practice in the Vancouver Mall parking lot. We plan to use a small portion of the parking area on the west side of the mall, close to Thurston Way in Vancouver. Thurston Way is one of the Vancouver Mall exits off of SR500.
We plan to be at the mall location by 8:30 am with all the Scuderia Kouba cars. We need to unload and get set up and ready for the Marines arrival by 9:00 am. I estimate the practice session will last no longer than one hour as the Marines have a busy schedule of their own. After that it will just be a matter of loading the cars back up and cleaning up the test site. I realize mid morning middle of the week is not a good time for most, but if you have time available and would like to help us out with this endeavor please let me know. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
===========Bill
July 19th Race Results:
F 1
1 Daniel 69.7 Laps
2 Al 66.3
3 Rico 65.9
4 John Gill 61.4
5 Mitch 60.9
6 Greg 60.4
Can Am
1 Al 73.5 Laps
2 Rico 71.0
3 Daniel 70.3
4 Mitch 70.1
5 John Gill 65.4
6 Greg 62.4
Open Class
1 Al 77.6 Laps
2 Greg 75.8
3 Daniel 74.8
4 Mitch 73.1
5 Rico 72.8
Scuderia Kouba has been trying to find volunteers interested in joining our team as car pushers. We are pleased to announce our quest is over. This year Scuderia Kouba has enlisted the help of The United States Marines! Yes, you read that correctly! The U.S. Marines' insignia will be proudly displayed on the Scuderia Kouba cars. In a visit to the local Marine Recruiting Center here in Vancouver, we had 5 Marines volunteer for our team as car pushers! These volunteers are helping us out ON THEIR OWN OFF DUTY TIME! We are very proud and honored to have them onboard! THANK YOU MARINES!
Not yet!
I'll put you on the list for the bag Doc. You'll have to get your own shot!
You got 'em Al. I won't be able to make it tomorrow night. I'll try to make the first August race and bring the trophy and some of these bags.
Fellow racers, if you are looking for something nice to protect your controller during transport and storage, I have some nice Crown Royal Liquor bags. If you haven't seen them before, they are made of a soft velvet-like material and have a draw string to close them tight. Courtesy of The Stagecoach Saloon in Fairview Oregon and the Scuderia Kouba gravity racing team I have acquired a small stock of these bags. We are making them available for FREE to any slot racers that frequents this site. I am planning to attend the August 9th Odd Thursday Night Race at Al's at which time I will bring a supply of them with me. If you would like to get one or two of the bags please respond to this message here on the forum. If you are unable to attend the race at Al's I can either leave the bags there with Al, or ship them to you by U.S. Postal Service. ========Bill
Videos from July 13th test session:
The drive up to the test area.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SBmojR … e=youtu.be
This what 41 mph looks like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1rcKPD … e=youtu.be
Entire test run including the shut down hill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpoo7EF … e=youtu.be
Testing July 13th:
Our test site features a nice uphill climb following the long straight downhill section. This is a great test run with the steeper grade uphill portion aiding in the slowing of the cars. An important factor in the event of brake failure or brake fade. Without braking the cars will crest the top of the hill, but are slowed enough even if the brakes fail completely the car can be run off the road onto the shoulder and stopped.
Here's Chris MKV, and Jenny MKI at the end of the first run. This photo was taken from the bottom of the uphill shut down section.
We only had one slight mechanical malfunction during the entire day of testing. It happened during a tow back and resulted in a trailer back instead of a successful tow back. Jenny Burns did an awesome job of keeping the MKI out of the ditch! It was definitely a successful day of testing!
July 13 testing:
A brake pedal connected to cables is used to actuate the front brake calipers. Chris Kouba design of course!
Chris and Beau completing the installation of the tail section on the MKV.
We were amazed to discover the duct tape start line we laid down on the pavement at our test site last year was still there!
July 13th testing:
The MKV features brake calipers on both front wheels.
This setup designed and built by Chris Kouba resulted in excellent stopping power.
This is the steering system designed and built by Chris for the MKV. Due to the very limited cockpit space, the steering yoke operates on a horizontal push pull plane rather than the standard automobile type steering.
Chris and Beau worked on test run preparation of the MKV.
The size of the MKV requires removal of some of the body panels for transport. Chris and Beau reinstalled the bodywork in just a few minutes.
Both the nose section and tail section of the MKV are removable for transport.
July 13th:
Mirror fairings designed by Jimmy Jones were installed on the MKII in time for the test session.
The mirror fairings were mage from small plastic funnels. Cost of this mod was $1.18....for the pair.
The brake upgrade on the MKII required some minor body modifications.
Test session July 13:
Jeff and Jenny Burns prepare the MKI for the first test run of the day.
These guys are an awesome team within Scuderia Kouba. This year they will be teamed for the PASD on the MKI with Jenny taking the wheel and defending her Fastest Woman On the HILL title! 
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